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HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays
December 5, 2007On the 12th day before Christmas, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is planning to unleash teams of bulldozers to demolish thousands of low-income apartments in New Orleans. Despite Katrina causing the worst...
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U.S.-Mexico anti-drug plan sparks uproar
November 30, 2007A hullabaloo has arisen over a secretly negotiated anti-drug proposal that would include new U.S. funds for Mexican and Central American security forces. The deal, finalized in a meeting in Merida, the capital of Mexico’s Yucatan...
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EDITORIAL: Shopping & dropping
November 30, 2007“Black Friday” has become a peculiar American institution. Retailers have promoted the day after Thanksgiving as the opening of the holiday shopping season, counting on this day to roll in a good percentage of their yearly...
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EDITORIAL: Mortgages & mayors
November 30, 2007The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a dramatic new report this week, predicting the mortgage foreclosure crisis will cause big economic losses in cities around the country. The report, “The Mortgage Crisis: Economic and Fiscal Implications...
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GOP recruits millionaires to replace those who fly the coop
November 30, 2007NEW YORK — Republicans are hoping to retake control of Congress by recruiting right-wing millionaires to run for office in districts now represented by pro-labor and antiwar representatives elected in 2006. Fearful of a historic shift...
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